The first I heard of the Upfield light rail was in the Lonie Report - I think I have that spelt right. Was thius the first or was
thee something ewarlier?
Regards
Dudley Horscroft
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From: "'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder" tramsdownunder@...>
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Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Upfield Light Rail
> The concept of Upfield Light Rail predates Kennett by 4 years as it was mentioned in the MetPlan draft of 1988 but no doubt if it
> was expected to save money Kennett would have been all for it.
>
> Luckily, due to heavy patronage now on the rail line, the change never happened.
>
> Having recently done the Mernda rail line reopening video, it was interesting to read that Light Rail to South Morang was the
> MetPlan intention.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 18 May 2019, at 7:12 pm, Ronald Besdansky shrdlu.junction@...> wrote:
>
> Looks good to me. Still has trams in Sydney Rd. Was it the first proposal for low-floor trams in Melbourne? LF was in its infancy,
> I think - Manchester looked at it but decided against it - perhaps also to avoid modifying the railway platforms.
>
>> On Sat., 18 May 2019, 17:25 Mal Rowe, mal.rowe@...> wrote:
>> On 05/05/2019 16:22, Mal Rowe wrote:
>> > The driver for the Upfield line was a desire by the Kennett
>> > government to prioritise motor traffic in Sydney Rd - and avoiding
>> > the potential cost of level crossing removals on the Upfield railway.
>> > There are no grade separated crossings between just north of
>> > Flemington Bridge and Boundary Rd, just south of Fawkner station!
>> >
>> Last Thursday night at the TDU gathering in Melbourne, John Gilmour
>> kindly gave me a copy of the Kennett era pamphlet promoting the
>> conversion of the Upfield railway to light rail.
>>
>> It is attached (Thanks John).
>>
>> Mal Rowe - always amazed at what shows up.
>>
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